* Astronomy

A meteorite hit a village in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday [1st August, 2013]. The meteorite crashed at a dump site in a village of Xinjing's Akto County around 2:00 a.m. Thursday and punched a 3-meter wide, 2-meter deep hole in the ground. Read more

The Akyumak (Iron) meteorite fell in Agri, Turkey, on the 2nd August, 1981. A total mass of 50 kg was recovered. 39° 55'N, 42° 49'E

A small meteorite fell through the roof of a farm building, in Havero, Finland. The Havero (Ureilite) meteorite fell in Turku Ja Pori, Finland, on the 2nd August, 1971. A total mass of 1544 g was recovered. 60° 14' 44"N, 22° 3' 43"E

The Peña Blanca Spring (Aubrite) meteorite fell in Texas, USA, on the 2nd August, 1946. A total mass of 70 kg was recovered. 30° 7' 30"N, 103° 7' 0"W

Title: Geoelectric evidence for centripetal resurge of impact melt and breccias over central uplift of Araguainha impact structure Authors: C.H. Tong et al., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, Univ. of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK. Tong et al. present new geophysical...

Orbital elements: 2013 OO2 Earth MOID = 0.0901 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 326.13245 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29070414 Peri. 132.38079 +0.81781049 +0.57537975 a 2.2568459 Node 192.50652 -0.54196476 +0.76351640 e 0.5157561 Incl. 2.94923 -0.19354636 +0.29322492 P 3.39 H 23.1 G...

Orbital elements: 2013 OF Earth MOID = 0.0620 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 321.38651 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28158256 Peri. 69.15197 +0.97342881 +0.19160571 a 2.3053253 Node 279.63512 -0.22685473 +0.88151939 e 0.5947879 Incl. 7.30712 +0.03119735 +0.43152151 P 3.50 H 23.3 G 0....

An annular solar eclipse will occur on August 2, 2046. Read more

An annular solar eclipse will occur on August 2, 2046. Read more

A very large solar eclipse occurred on the 2nd of August, A.D. 1133, the year in which Henry I. left England and passed over into Normandy for the last time. William of Malmesbury states that this was on the day after Lammas whilst the King was crossing the Channel on his last voyage; notwithstanding wh...

The Pavlovka (Howardite) meteorite fell in Saratovskaya oblast', Russia, on the 2nd August, 1882. A total mass of 2 kg was recovered. 52° 2'N, 43° 0'E

Alan Donald Whicker, CBE (born 2 August 1925) is a British journalist and broadcaster. His career has spanned over 50 years. Read more Monty Python - Whicker Island

Prehistoric enclosure discovered at Brodgar Workmen building a new visitor car park for the Ring o' Brodgar (Orkney, Scotland) have unearthed what could be the remains of a huge prehistoric walled enclosure between the Stenness and Harray lochs. Construction work was halted last week...

The Quesa (Iron) meteorite fell in Valenciana, Spain, on the 1st August, 1898. A total mass of 10.75 kg was recovered. 39° 0'N, 0° 40'W

The Zavid (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the 1st August, 1897. A total mass of 95 kg was recovered. 44° 24'N, 19° 7'E

The Maigatari-Danduma (H5/6) meteorite fell in Zinder, Niger, on the 1st August, 2004. A total mass of 4.63 kg was recovered. 12° 50'N, 9° 23'E A meteorite broke into pieces and fell across the Niger-Nigeria border. One stone fell at the border town, Rigar Jobi in Maigatari Local Government Council...